pedanterrific comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 13, chapter 81 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 28 March 2012 07:17:11PM 14 points [-]

PC means Player Character in this instance.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 29 March 2012 01:15:39AM 1 point [-]

That would explain a lot, but

He is a PC, and they are wallpaper.

is "wallpaper" also a similar term? Or is EY just referring to literal wallpaper? Either way the combination is pretty misleading.

Comment author: Nornagest 29 March 2012 02:55:56AM 4 points [-]

Probably meant to indicate an unremarkable element of the background. I can't think of a suitable term that would extend the roleplaying game metaphor; "extras" is about as close as I can get, but I don't think I've ever actually seen it used in a gaming context.

Comment author: pedanterrific 29 March 2012 04:49:44AM *  3 points [-]

But every time you talk about following rules or relying on teachers, I get that same feeling, like it's bound up with this one last thing that's stopping you, one last thing that puts your PC self to sleep and turns you into an NPC again..."

Wallpaper would be one step below NPC, presumably. But yeah, it's mixing metaphors a bit.

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